Throwing Up only at night just after falling asleep

Help!!! I'm trying to make sense of this.... My daughter started a stomach virus (just throwing up) 4 days ago. The first day she vomited 3 times and the next day no vomit at all. The following night and every night after, she tells me she feels sick and went as far as saying "the noodles are coming out of my mouth", but she didn't get sick for a couple of hours after that. The trend the last three nights is this:

Her belly bothers her and she thinks she needs to get sick but nothing comes out. She falls asleep and about an hour later she wakes up crying and gets full blown sick. Then she goes back to sleep for the night.

During the day she can hold down toast, chicken nuggets, pasta, potatoes etc....her belly seems to bother her again at night and then she throws up just after she's gone to bed....

Any ideas?? Can this really be a stomach virus that acts up at night or could this be something deeper??

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Same here for a month off/on now with both of mine. Lia got sick Sunday night in bed, on a bland diet yesterday and most of today. She had a few cheez-its and some non sauce ravolli that DH made her for dinner and she threw up not long after bed.

Camdyn is fine for a day or two but when I go to get her formula less diluted she starts throwing up again.

It started almost a month ago, was fine for 2 weeks and started again last Wednesday. I'm at my wits end with this because I'm tired of DH bitching about having to pay for daycare missed. I'm tired of having sick babies that can't tell me whats wrong or anything. I'm calling the ped again tomorow and demanding they be seen and soemthing be done. The Norovirus has hit a college campus around here pretty hard as well as a stomach bug has hit the whole area, but i've not seen/heard of anyone having it this long.

My daughter, who is 2, has thrown up the last 2 nights. Sunday night it was at 4am and last night it was 10pm, about 2 1/2 hours after she went to bed. I thought it was some leftover food that made her sick. Then, she did it last night too.She didn't eat much during the day yesterday. My husband watched her last night and she ate a little bit of Life Cereal and an oatmeal pie and milk before bedtime. For dinner, it was part of a hamburger from McD's and some carrots and potatoes and mandarin oranges. Other than that, she really didn't have a big breakfast or lunch yesterday. She was not cranky or fussy much yesterday to indicate that her stomach hurt her. I guess I'll keep an eye on it today and see if she gets a fever. But, it is strange that it has only happened in her bed.

hi my baby was sick this week she strated throwing up for two days in the morning just in the morning but she acting okay we took the dovtor they say it was a virus goiing wll see she like noodle but i dont think so is about that

just up in the middle of the night, because my 2 and 1/2 yr old is sick again. throwing up in the middle of the night for 3 nights and first thing in the morning for 2 days before that. not much of an appetite but does hold food down during the day. does complain that her stomach hurts but no other symptoms. calling the doctor today, i hope its just reflux. her cousin and other kids at our home daycare we use have diarrhea for 5 days now so i was hoping it was just part of the same virus? any ideas?

My son is 3 years old and he got the flu a week ago, the flu went away, but ever since he has been puking once a night around the same time. Im very confused to what this might be. I tried the bland foods diet and he is still puking at night, he is fine during the day, he plays he is hyper he is in great spirits. He doesnt have a cold or fever or anything. I have taken him to the dr and nothing is helping so I am now waiting for a referral to see a specialist. i am going to get him checked for acid reflux, seizures, and a respiratory virus. Any feedback helps. His Dad and I are starting to get very worried. He has also lost 4 pounds

my 2 1/2 year old went thro the same thing... 6 nights in a row waking up in the middle of the night throwing up only once and going right back to sleep. i was at my wits end not knowing what to do and a friend of mine ( who is the head of the ER and a mother if a 4 year old) said it was allergy, has been on clariten and has not been sick since ( almost a month). Also i notices that if she played out side in the warm weather she would get sick early in the night ( 3 hours after bed). she wasnt eating much durring the day but was full of energy her normal busy self. A little bit of a runny nose but that was it. as it gets warmer out she is getting more of the algery symptms ( coughing, puffy, itchy eyes ect) we are still working on making those symptems better. She has been up the last two nights coughing ( but no throw up thankfully). We tryed a natural hunny "Medicine" which has worked so far tonight... hopefully this has helped someone ,i actually made an account so that i could comment!!

My 14 month old got the stomack bug about 1 1/2 month ago. Ever since then she has been throwing up only at night (1-3 times a week). She is playful and has no other issues during the day. I went to the Dr. this week and he thinks its acid reflux and prescribed meds. Will try and see if this helps.